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Former CIA Detainees Sue CIA Contractors Under The Alien Tort Statute For Alleged Torture
Last month, the ACLU filed a civil action in the Eastern District of Washington on behalf of Suleiman Abdullah Salim, Mohamed Ahmed Ben Soud and Gul Rahman. They assert that the CIA secretly detained th... -
35 Lawmakers Pen Bipartisan Letter Calling for ISIS AUMF
On Friday, a bipartisan group of House lawmakers sent Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) a letter calling for him to schedule a vote on a new Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) against the Islamic ... -
The Great Guantanamo Showdown
Over the last few weeks, Congress and the White House have been circling one another, angling for that final bit of leverage that will define whether President Obama does or does not get to fulfill his f... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
After hearing an explosion in the last seconds of the cockpit recording, investigators are “90 percent sure” that a bomb brought down the Russian jetliner that crashed in the Sinai and left all 224 passe... -
D.C. District Court Issues Injunction in Klayman v. Obama
Judge Richard Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has issued an injunction against the NSA's bulk metadata collection program in his ruling in Klayman v. Obama, ruling that the p... -
The "Where" Problem of Territory, Jurisdiction, and Data in Cyberspace
Jennifer C. Daskal (Washington College of Law, American University) has a forthcoming paper in Yale Law Journal on the vexing question of territoriality and data (current draft is available on SSRN.com),... -
The Vulnerable Cables Undergirding the Internet
Amid concerns of cybersecurity and cyberwarfare, there is a related security topic that receives far less attention: vulnerabilities of the physical cables that enable telecommunications traffic and the... -
Final Thoughts on Reforming Surveillance and European Privacy Rules
Although it is a close call, the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner may turn out to be the most important consequence of the Snowden ... -
Charlie Savage and the NSC Lawyers Group
A key theme of Charlie Savage’s new book is that the Obama Administration -- led by a President, Vice President, Secretary of State, and (for a time) National Security Advisor who were all lawyers -- has... -
The Unintended Consequences of Media Crackdowns in the Middle East and North Africa
Editor’s Note: The hopes for democracy in the Middle East that flourished after the Arab Spring are now gone. Hope for positive change, however, rests on many of democracy's building blocks, such as the ... -
How Scientists and Lawyers Shape the American Way of War
Stephanie Carvin (Carleton University, Canada, and friend to several of us at Lawfare) and Michael John Williams (NYU) are international relations scholars who focus on national and international securit... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Building a Bridge Between 20th Century Law and 21st Century Intelligence
Last week, George Washington University and the CIA co-hosted an event entitled Ethos and Profession of Intelligence.
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